How do I get libGL.la for Slack 11

Hendronicus · 10-18-2008, 03:04 AM

I'm trying to compile KDE 3.5.10 on Slackware 11. Everything was going well until I tried to compile the kdebindings. It keeps asking for libGL.la. I have libGL.so and its aliases and I have libGL.a, but I do not have libGL.la. I have searched this forum and the web and am even more confused. I am not using any proprietary drivers. (they don't work with my card) I built the latest Mesa but I haven't installed it yet because it didn't build this lib. This is the ghost lib or something, because I've found about 20 wrong versions of what it is and where it is. If anybody has this I'll gladly give you my email addy and maybe you could mail it to me. Thanks in advance.

knudfl · 10-18-2008, 05:12 AM

"libGL.la" is a short textfile (if there).
First try is to make an empty textfile : libGL.la

If KDE doesn't eat that, take any look-a-like file
and edit it for your libGL.

This is libGL.la from Debian Etch :

Quote:

# libGL.la - a libtool library file
# Generated by nvidia-installer: 1.0.7 (for use by libtool)
#
# Please DO NOT delete this file!
# It is necessary for linking the library.

# The name that we can dlopen(3).
dlname='libGL.so'

# Names of this library.
library_names='libGL.so.100.14.11 libGL.so.1 libGL.so'

# Libraries that this one depends upon.
dependency_libs=' -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lm -lXext -lX11 -ldl'

# Version information for libGL.
current=1
age=0
revision=100.14.11

# Is this an already installed library?
installed=yes

# Files to dlopen/dlpreopen
dlopen=''
dlpreopen=''

# Directory that this library needs to be installed in:
libdir='/usr/lib'

Regards

Hendronicus · 10-18-2008, 11:59 AM

Thank you! I was getting answers that were something like that, except that none of them just came out and told me it was some kind of text file. I mean, I knew that .la meant "libtool archive" I just didn't know how to make one. I'm going to try the blank file thing, alright, but is there a way to auto-generate such a thing with libtool? I would love to be able to do that.

knudfl · 10-22-2008, 10:55 AM

It is much easier to write it yourself.
( I usually do that, if required )

Else find a lib, which has lib.la included
and try to trace, how it is done.

I searched the internet and found no "libtool method"

Regards

bgeddy · 10-22-2008, 12:56 PM

Quote:

but is there a way to auto-generate such a thing with libtool? I would love to be able to do that.

To create an empty LibGL.la file :

Code:

libtool --mode=link gcc -g -O -o libGL.la /usr/lib/libGL.so

I'm not sure how useful this will be being empty but without the original build details for libGL I don't know what parameters to give to libtool.

Hendronicus · 10-23-2008, 11:58 PM

Thanks everyone! The blank file did not work nor did the one from Debian, but I found one from Ark that did. Now I have KDE 3.5.10 running on Slack 11! I've decided to play with libtool awhile and sort out how to do this for any lib, as well. - Just in case.